The Doors Open Night returns this year with new and traditional events, which you are all invited to enjoy! For the first time, you have the chance to meet theatre actors and, just like last year, to dance on the stage, to take part or assist at many workshops and events, during the seven hours you can spend with us.
This year, our thoughts and support go to the Estuar Foundation. Established in 1993, it is the first Romanian organization to create for adults with mental health problems a network of community and home day care services, certified and acknowledged at the local, national and international level. The Estuar Foundation is active in four Romanian cities, Bucharest, Ploiesti, Giurgiu and Cluj and serves yearly over 2000 beneficiaries.
In Cluj-Napoca, the Estuar Foundation, which has functioned for 20 years, is the only day centre for the respective category of beneficiaries and works towards three directions:
- the services provided within the day centre offer hope, refuge, a "second home" to beneficiaries, who are people affected by mental health problems, they give an useful alternative to spend time, through skills development, counseling for the acknowledgement of the health problem and adaptation to possible difficulties, the increase of self-esteem and the identification of strong points, psychological/psychiatric/social and vocational counseling, encouraging the involvement in the community, in order to avoid isolation;
- informing and counseling legal guardians in order to accept the situation and increase their tolerance, to acknowledge changes and incomprehensible behaviors as symptoms, to receive support in distinguishing between the person and his/her symptoms;
- informing the community in order to increase tolerance and understanding towards people with special needs, respect towards the beneficiares' individuality and dignity, promoting equal chances, organizing campaigns for the promotion of mental health in schools and faculties, promoting partnerships with various public institutions or non-government associations in order to organize projects, specific events, value the talents of the beneficiaries through the organization of community exhibitions with the products made within active workshops.
Among the activities provided within the Cluj Social Centre for adults with mental health problems, we cite the group of general education and education for health, the group of English language, the computers group, music therapy, painting therapy, decorations workshop, sport group, socialization, spiritual group, group of personal development and communication, literature, individual counseling.
The financial difficulties faced now by the Estuar Foundation determined us to return to the charitable character our event used to have from the first edition, when the Open Doors Night was organized for the support of our colleague, director Mona Marian. Funds collected on that occasion through your generosity had an essential contribution in the palliative treatment undergone by our colleague in her final months of life.
So, at the present edition of the event, the entrance remains free, but we encourage donations for the benefit of the Estuar Foundations, of its beneficiaries and of our entire community.
In exchange, we invite you to enjoy the surprises prepared by the theatre team! The program is available here.
